National Institute of Standards and Technology · Government · United States
Low risk. 1 critical or high finding in GDPR outside view.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is a U.S. government agency under the Department of Commerce, established in 1901. It plays a critical role in advancing measurement science, standards, and technology to enhance economic security and improve quality of life. The website reflects its authoritative position with comprehensive content, clear navigation, and a professional design targeting industry, scientific communities, and the public. The business model is government-funded research and standards provision, positioning NIST as a leading national metrology institute. Technically, the site is built on Drupal 10, leveraging modern web technologies and performance optimizations including Cloudflare CDN and New Relic monitoring. It demonstrates excellent mobile optimization, accessibility, and SEO practices. Security posture is strong with HTTPS, security headers, and no detected vulnerabilities. Privacy policies and vulnerability disclosure mechanisms are present, though cookie consent mechanisms could be enhanced. Overall, NIST's website is highly trustworthy, secure, and professionally maintained, reflecting its government status and mission. It effectively balances transparency, user experience, and security, making it a reliable resource for its diverse audience.
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NIS2 Art. 21(2)
The NIS2 figure counts only evidence anyone can see from the internet. Risk management, continuity, supply chain, training, MFA, management oversight (Art. 20) and incident reporting (Art. 23) need internal evidence, and Guard cannot tell whether NIS2 applies to this organisation.
GDPR is indicative only, based on publicly visible signals: Articles 7, 12, 13 and 32 of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 and Article 5(3) of the ePrivacy Directive. Not a certification or legal assessment.
1 finding rated critical or high. Fix these first.
These are the privacy signals visitors and data protection authorities look for under GDPR.
Observed on the first page load as a new visitor, before any consent choice; Guard does not click the banner. The site set 4 analytics or marketing cookies: Google Analytics (_ga_CSLL4ZEK4L, _ga, _ga_HEQ0YF2VYL). No consent banner or consent platform was detected (Guard scans from the EU, so EU-only banners would have been shown).
What to do: Load analytics and marketing tags only after the visitor opts in, using a consent banner that offers accept and reject with equal prominence.
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Each check with its score, findings and the evidence it collected.
The security score runs 0–100, higher is better. It is the plain average of the security checks that completed in this scan, each counted equally. A check that could not run is left out: it counts neither as a pass nor as a fail.
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Findings that cap the score at 49
Each of these is serious on its own, so while any is present the site cannot rate better than high risk, however good the other checks are.
Partial scans
When the site blocks Guard or most checks cannot run, the score covers only the checks that ran (usually DNS and email), is capped at 75 and is shown as partial, without a risk level.
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Business context, site observations and technical notes gathered during the scan, and the standards behind each reference.
Automated reading of the public site. Ratings are indicative.
Reference chips under each finding point to the standard, regulation or specification the finding relates to. They are taken from the official datasets below and mapped conservatively: a finding with no defensible link shows none. NIS2 and GDPR references mark where a finding is relevant evidence, not a compliance verdict. Implementing Regulation (EU) 2024/2690 binds digital infrastructure and digital service providers; for other entities it is the most detailed public reading of the Article 21 measures. WCAG, EN 301 549, European Accessibility Act and Web Accessibility Directive references name the requirement an automated accessibility rule relates to; they are not a conformance verdict.
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